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Somers joins paramedicine panel

District 6 Council member Scott Somers has joined the Arizona Department of Health Services Community Paramedicine Workgroup to help establish protocols for using paramedics in non-emergency health-care situations.

Somers was asked to join the group by state health Director Will Humble.

“Scott Somers has a strong background in EMS due to his work as a paramedic for the Phoenix Fire Department,” Humble said.

“As an elected council member, he has helped to shape the community paramedicine program in Mesa, which applies evidence-based practices that improve public health outcomes by keeping people healthier in the community while reducing health-care costs.”

Somers said Mesa’s pioneering use of “transitional response vehicles” for non-emergency medical calls can help cities across the state.